Author Topic: 30-06 standard handi gets 2nd deer ... (Read 487 times)

fish280 · « **on:** January 30, 2005, 03:40:29 AM »

mainly because it is so handy. tracked onto the doe quickly and smoothly as she trotted in quick time across a little feed plot. and that sweet trigger ... as soon as the cross hairs touched behind the shoulder, the trigger broke and, well, you know the rest.
my season is over. handis 3, deer 0. (first was with son't .308 ultra; next two with the 30-06 standard.)

MSP Ret · « **Reply #1 on:** January 30, 2005, 04:41:59 AM »

Congratulations on a job well done fish280, it seems like these sweet little single shot Handi's work well for you!!!....<><.... :grin:

JPH45 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 30, 2005, 02:36:38 PM »

Somehow I like hearing about folks in 'Bama taking deer with their Handi, just sounds right somehow :grin:

jeff223 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 30, 2005, 03:13:32 PM »

:toast:

MGMorden · « **Reply #4 on:** January 30, 2005, 03:26:26 PM »

Congrats on your deer. Was this your first season bagging one or were you previously just talking about bagging the 1st for this season?

Just curious, but around here it's kinda tradition that one gets the blood of his first deer smeared on his forehead. Does anyone else do this?

fish280 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2005, 04:18:37 AM »

first for season. i've been at it a little while. but three whitetails in one season is very good for me. only reason i got eight days in the woods this season was because my youngest son was injured in the middle of wrestling season, allowing him some time to hunt - and me extra time because he wasn't in weekend tournaments. eight days, three deer, not bad.
as much as i love deer hunting, i'd rather watch him wrestle. he's got one more year. if all goes well - for him - i'll get maybe five days in the woods during gun season next year.
so, that's three deer this season for the handis. i had killed a couple years back with previous handis. most of my hunting over the years has been done with bolt guns and the occasional lever action.
but i grew up with an h&h 16-gauge full choke shotgun that was my first gun purchase when i was 11 years old - 42 years ago. bought it with lawn mowing money. killed tons of doves. even got a double once, giving me 13 doves with 12 shots, my best day ever. so a handi is way, way, natural to point for me. next best pointer is a winchester model 12.
this season is just kind of a re-discovery of how naturally the little sticks point for me. next is some good glass, although there is perverse pleasure in successful hunting with a $200 gun, $24 trashco scope, over-the-counter ammo, and a 99-year-old chambering. but man, that little rifle has earned a good piece of glass.

fish280 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2005, 04:22:45 AM »

oh yeah, mg, we do the blood-on-face thing around here. i teach Sunday school for college/career age young men. one of 'em got his first deer last week. he said the guys at the camp where he hunted got him good.